MoMA hosts The Exchange Café
The Exchange Café makes a simple trip for tea, milk, and honey, an opportunity to touch upon a universal sense of fellowship that is often lost.
New York Grand Opera cancelled because of climate change
In an age of unpredictable weather patterns – how will public art and performance communities adapt to environmental changes?
Museum Mile Festival
Enjoy outdoor, family-friendly activities while learning about New York City by touring ten of the city’s best museums!
Bushwick Open Studios
Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) is a three day arts and culture festival that celebrates the community’s vibrant arts scene with the goal of fostering dialogue…
Citi Bike protested by sculpture
A Clinton Hill resident, cartoonist Alex Gruss, found a creative way to share his opinion of Citi Bikes.
Museums for free, every day of the week
A list of museums you can visit for free, or pay-as-you-wish, can be found here.
Breaking the use-and-discard cycle, one repair at a time
“As a nation we’ve begun to rethink our relationship with food — now is the time to rethink our relationship with consumer objects as well.”
El Museo’s 2013 block party and Bienal launch
This year El Museo will feature outdoor art-making activities, dance and music performances, and the opening of El Museo’s Bienal 2013: HERE IS WHERE WE JUMP.
Youth as Untapped Capital
Youth, a vast global neighborhood replete with its own government, social networks, and modes of learning, was the subject of a panel at IDEAS CITY.
Ten temporary tattoos, this Saturday at IDEAS CITY
Join City Atlas at the New Museum/IDEAS CITY StreetFest on Saturday, and show your love for the city with one of our ten colorful (temporary) tattoos, specially designed for this event.
MoMA PS1 and Triple Canopy launch 50 days of speculation about the future, May 12- July 28th
Triple Canopy is pleased to announce Speculations (“The future is ______”), fifty days of lectures, discussions, and debates about the future, as part of EXPO…
Broadway: 1000 Steps
If successful, thousands of pedestrians will be able to enjoy Mary Miss’s work and be reminded of how they can help shape a sustainable community.
A city of humans
When he began creating the visual census of New Yorkers known as Humans of New York (aka HONY), Brandon Stanton’s goal was to make 10,000 portraits, not to get 10,000 Facebook likes.
Slowing Globalization: Amsterdam, Street Photography, and Urban Renewal
Global cities have been studied predominantly in terms of speed and movement, acceleration and circulation. This talk will examine the relationship between globalization and cities…
Ingenuity in the Extrapolation Factory
An experiment in public thinking about future design gave participants a chance to develop ideas and voice one’s own opinion, through making the kinds of objects that might be found in a 99c store of the future.
The Orchid Show: March 2- April 22
The New York Botanical celebrates their 11th annual orchid show with thousands of orchids arranged by Francisca P. Coehlho
Redesign, revive the Rockaways: MoMA’s call for ideas
MoMA and PS1 will present 25 winning designs for alternate public housing, for new public space, and other sustainable, new developments for the Sandy-ravaged neighborhood. The call is open to everyone.